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China: US must return to JCPOA unconditionally, resume compliance
Dec 08, 2020 02:47China has called for an ‘unconditional’ return of the United States to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and resumption of Washington’s compliance with its obligations under the accord.
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US preparing new sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong
Dec 07, 2020 12:09The United States is gearing up to impose sanctions on a number of Chinese officials for what Washington claims to be their role in Beijing’s disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong.
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China develops quantum computer amid tech race with US
Dec 06, 2020 12:08Chinese scientists have developed the world's fastest quantum computer, capable of performing calculations that a regular computer would take billions of years to solve.
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Japan, France, US set to hold joint war games in May as 'message' to China
Dec 06, 2020 10:53Japan, France, and the United States are reportedly set to hold joint military drills for the first time in May next year, as part of attempts to contain what is claimed as China’s growing influence in the Asia Pacific region.
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Some damage to Sino-US ties ‘beyond repair,’ Chinese media warn
Dec 05, 2020 05:38China’s state media have warned that some impairments inflected upon the Sino-US ties amid the persisting anti-China measures by the outgoing Trump administration are “beyond repair,” after the rising rancor was further highlighted in a hateful Twitter exchange between a US senator and Chinese journalists.
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Lunar probe heading back to Earth with samples after planting China flag on Moon
Dec 05, 2020 04:57China has become the second country in history to put its flag on the Moon, more than 50 years after the US first planted the Stars and Stripes.
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The virus won’t stop evolving when the vaccine arrives
Dec 04, 2020 06:03The coronavirus is not a shape shifter like the flu virus, but it could become vaccine resistant over time. That prompts researchers to urge vigilance.
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China's new moon mission to return the first lunar samples since 1976
Dec 04, 2020 05:54China is attempting its most complex and ambitious space mission to date with the launch of its Chang’e-5 spacecraft, which will attempt to do something that has not been done since the 1970s: bring pristine pieces of the moon back to Earth.
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Chang'e-5 collects samples from untouched area of moon
Dec 04, 2020 05:12Moon samples collected by the lander-ascender combination of China's Chang'e-5 is likely to bring new findings of the formation and evolution of the moon as they were gleaned from the Ocean of Storms, an untouched area of the astronomical body.
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China braces for "open-ended confrontation with America': US spy chief
Dec 04, 2020 05:06The top US spy chief has accused China of preparing for "an open-ended period of confrontation with the US," in another effort by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump to further escalate tensions with Beijing in its final days in the White House.